what a day !!!

dear readers * travelling on public transport here in Australia is not fun at the best of times * and every one is a little edgy since the bombings in London. Our country has been told to expect a terroist attack here, sometime in the future. Not nice but a fact of life *
I left my home to go to the city usually a 1 and a bit hours trip * took some sewing and settled into my seat for the journey. About 45 mins later * half way * there was a huge bang on the roof of our train and the lights went out. Of course we all immediately thought we had been victims of a terroist attack. We sat for a few mins and then an announcement over the loud speakers * "an electric cable has fallen onto the train * do not get out of the train * it is electrified * repeat do not leave the train" then " we have people working on it at the very moment but cannot give a time frame " so we all sat, waited, made a few jokes about it all and waited some more
another announcement " we have turned all power off and will have passengers disembark and have buses waiting to transport you all to the next station, please make your way to the end of the train" So we walked through 3 carriages, had to climb down some steps on the side of the train * very elegant, I must say * and then walk along the track to a bus. Mind you, our appointment was at 11am for the dress fitting, so we had to change that to after lunch. Finally got to the bus and then continued our journey.

Needless to say, it wasn't a wonderful day & I came home to a dinner out and a hot bath !!

The dress is gorgeous & if the bride*to* be gives her permission, I will post a few pics on flikr.